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April 2007
27th - 12v Items
March 2007
24th - New Monitor Box
January 2007
30th - 90Ah SLA Battery
26th - New Charge Controller
10th - 18w Panel Smash
December 2006
23rd - RE Radio Shack
4th - RE Laptop
2nd - 10mm LED Torch
November 2006
21st - Panel Stand
October 2006
16th - More Portable Ideas
10th - More Portable Ideas
8th - Portable Ideas
2nd - 60w Array
September 2006
20th - 18W eBay Panel
20th - Solar Monitor Box
17th - CCFL Lights
17th - 17Ah Battery Datasheet
5th - SLA Batteries
August 2006
6th - 6W Folding Panel
Copyright © 2006-2007
Andrew Whyman
The solar monitor box:
Started and finished 20th August 2006:
Today I decided that my setup was way too "rough" and messy and that I wanted to do something about it. So I did.
I got a 0-15v meter, a 0-1A meter, my charge controller, a plastic box and got to work. I came up with what you see in the pictures below.
It has:
It took me 2 hours to drill and file out the holes for the meters and c/c to go into. The fitting and wiring took about an hour. The wires to both the battery and the solar panels come out seperate sides.
The insides:
The front:
The front with the backlights on:
The box came to an overall cost of about £20 ($40) (each meter was £8 ($16)).